Improvement in railroad cattle-guard gates



-UNTTTD STATES Tthe gate E. v U T T Ihegates` `E ll-on'ebn each side of the Tjtrack+are hinged at theouter lower corner,

T, and when they Tfall down meet in the center T `of thetrack. They move each betweensepa- PA-Tniwr` OFFICE..

JAMES n. MALLORY, on LAPORTE, INDIANA.

T `To all` it `may concern.'

Be it knownlthat I, JAMESH. Minnow, of

T1 I-ia' Borte, `in thecounty of LaTBorte and State 'of Indiana, have invented a new and valuable T y Improvement in` RailroadGattle-Guard. Gates;

` and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear,` and exactT descriptionof the construction and operation of the same, referencel T being hadT to the annexeddrawings, making a part of this specieation, and to the lettersV `.and iigures of referencemarked thereon.

Figure 1T of the drawings is a representation of my invention intransverse vertical section, `Fig-g2 1s' `a longitudinalvertical se ction, and

it off, and opening itself, ready for theJ train,

, `when the animal leaves the platform.`

In ordertoenable others skilled in the art to `which my invention appertains to `make `T and use the `sanie,TI will now proceed to describe its constructionl and operation, refer- Tiing to the annexed drawings.T

` A A represent therails of 'the track, be-V tween and oneach" `side'l-of which isarranged a `platform,Bfinsuch amanner that the train may pass over thesame on the track without `im` any wayinterfering"with` the platform. T TOneachlsideT of thisplatform, to one of theL T timbers under it, which timbers form a part of it,i`sTpivoted a lever,` C, oneend of which TTTis slotted,`Tas `shownin Fig. l, and attached by da screw or headed lboltto the end of one of the sleepers supporting the rails. The other TT end of this `leverTjC is insertedin a hole in, or

pivotel Tto,`a` bent arm, Tl),`the other end of which `works in `an eye "on, the underside of rate guides arnaud when open are` in the position shown`Tin`Fig".,2. T T

In suitable `stationary timbers at each end T of the platformB are pivoted elbow-levers b b, `one end of eachl of said levers being pivoted to the end of the platform, while the other end is pivoted to a bar, d, which runs beyond the impjnioi/TEMENT INRAILRQ'AD CATTLE-GUARD GATES.

T ,d i y T T sbe'cintfio fbrmingpm orneaers Patent No'l 1 412,4173, dated March 7, 1871.

track on one side for a suitable distance. .lhese bars d d are by other elbowflevers, b b', connected with another weighted platform, B',

are so arranged that the bars d d will always operate in opposite directions.

I am aware that railroad-gates have been Vmade to open by the approaching train; but

mine Tis always open, except when cattle or other animals attempt to cross the guard. The weighted platform B', through the connecting barsand elbows, holds the track-platform `B up, so that the gates will be raised up inthe position shown in the drawings, and the way be always clear for trains to pass; but 1f any cattle or other animals should attempt to v pass through theymust step on the platform B, and their weight will at once overbalance the weight of the platform BI, so that, through the levers C and arms D, the gates -Twill close and bary the way. 1T The moment the animals step off the platform B the gates open again.

Having thus fully described my invention. what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters ,Patent isl. The combination, with the rising and falling platform B, of the gates E E, hinged on each side'of the track, and arranged to. close by falling transversely across the said track, substantially as specified.

2. `The combination, with the reciprocatingy platforms vB vB', `of the hinged gates E E and the guides a a, when constructedsubstantially asspeeified. T T

3. The combination of two platforms to op-l erate 4a gate or gates, one closing the same when any additional weight comes thereon,

`andthe other opening the same of its own weight when the additional weight from the former is removed, substantially as herein set forth.

` In testimony that I claim theaboveI have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses. e

JAMES II. "MALLORY,

Witnesses:

' ELIsHA L. BENNET,

C. D. PUBDY. 

